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=== The reactions of the Palestinian public ===
=== The reactions of the Islamic Jihad ===
On 29 October 2010, tens of thousands of Islamic Jihad supporters participated in a demonstration in [[Gaza City]]'s [[Kuteiba Square]] against the negotiations and making peace with Israel. The rally was organized by [[Islamic Jihad]] and enjoyed the participation of its rival, [[Hamas]]. Demonstrators shouted "Death to America and "Death to Israel". Islamic Jihad chief [[Ramadan Shallah]] sent a recorded message saying that "Israel will not bring peace to the region, it will only bring war and destruction and therefore, the slogan of all should be that Israel must be wiped out of existence," and "The choice of negotiation has reached deadlock, and we are wondering why is there such an insistence by the Palestinian Authority on negotiation with the enemy [i.e., Israel]". Another leader, Mohammad al-Hindi, called for an end to the Palestinian Authority, and said, "[[Jihad]] is the fate of this nation. There is no other option but this one". Other Islamic Jihad officials said the turnout was a "referendum by the Palestinian people rejecting peace-making with Israel." Hamas leader [[Khalil Al-Hayya]] said, "There is only the choice of Jihad and nothing else".<ref name=wiped>[http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE69S2UN20101029 Islamic Jihad leader: Israel must be wiped out of existence], Reuters 29-10-2010</ref><ref>[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/10/29/Thousands-hold-Islamic-Jihad-rally-in-Gaza/UPI-31481288382866/ Thousands hold Islamic Jihad rally in Gaza], UPI 29-10-2010</ref>
On 29 October 2010, tens of thousands of Islamic Jihad supporters participated in a demonstration in [[Gaza City]]'s [[Kuteiba Square]] against the negotiations and making peace with Israel. The rally was organized by [[Islamic Jihad]] and enjoyed the participation of its rival, [[Hamas]]. Demonstrators shouted "Death to America and "Death to Israel". Islamic Jihad chief [[Ramadan Shallah]] sent a recorded message saying that "Israel will not bring peace to the region, it will only bring war and destruction and therefore, the slogan of all should be that Israel must be wiped out of existence," and "The choice of negotiation has reached deadlock, and we are wondering why is there such an insistence by the Palestinian Authority on negotiation with the enemy [i.e., Israel]". Another leader, Mohammad al-Hindi, called for an end to the Palestinian Authority, and said, "[[Jihad]] is the fate of this nation. There is no other option but this one". Other Islamic Jihad officials said the turnout was a "referendum by the Palestinian people rejecting peace-making with Israel." Hamas leader [[Khalil Al-Hayya]] said, "There is only the choice of Jihad and nothing else".<ref name=wiped>[http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE69S2UN20101029 Islamic Jihad leader: Israel must be wiped out of existence], Reuters 29-10-2010</ref><ref>[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/10/29/Thousands-hold-Islamic-Jihad-rally-in-Gaza/UPI-31481288382866/ Thousands hold Islamic Jihad rally in Gaza], UPI 29-10-2010</ref>


Revision as of 10:14, 20 January 2011

Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, George J. Mitchell and Hillary Clinton at the start of direct talks on September 2, 2010.

The 2010 direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority took place between early and late September 2010, between United States President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmud Abbas and ended when Netanyahu refused to extend the freeze for settlements in the West Bank.

The ultimate aim of the direct negotiations is reaching an official "final status settlement" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by implementing a two-state solution, with Israel remaining a Jewish state, and the establishment of a state for the Palestinian people.

In early September, a coalition of 13 Palestinian factions began a campaign of attacks against Israeli civilians, including a series of drive-by shootings and rocket attacks on Israeli towns, in an attempt to derail and torpedo the on-going negotiations.[1]

Direct talks broke down in late September 2010 when an Israeli partial moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank expired, Netanyahu refused to extend the freeze, the Palestinian leadership refused to continue negotiations until Israel extends the partial freeze. Israel offered a renewed building freeze in exchange for a PA recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. The proposal was rejected by the Palestinian leadership, that stressed that the topic on the Jewishness of the state has nothing to do with the building freeze. The decision of Netanyahu on freeze was critisized by European countries and United States.[2][3]

On the 16th of january 2010 another backlash for the peace process unfolded when Israel presented to accept a plan to build some 1400 more settlements on the occupied territories. [4]

Background

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History
Camp David Accords1978
Madrid Conference1991
Oslo Accords1993 / 95
Hebron Protocol1997
Wye River Memorandum1998
Sharm El Sheikh Memorandum1999
Camp David Summit2000
The Clinton Parameters2000
Taba Summit2001
Road Map2003
Agreement on Movement and Access2005
Annapolis Conference2007
Mitchell-led talks2010–11
Kerry-led talks2013–14
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The direct negotiations between the PLO and the Israeli government remains a complicated issue to resolve, and this have continued for many decades.

Since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, he has made peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a top priority of his administration, appointing former Senator George Mitchell as his peace envoy.[5]

In March 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Israel.[6] She said that Israeli settlements and demolition of Arab homes in East Jerusalem were "unhelpful" to the peace process.[7] Clinton also voiced support for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu supports Palestinian self-government but has not explicitly endorsed the US and Palestinian vision for statehood.[8][9] Upon the arrival of President Obama administration's special envoy, George Mitchell, Netanyahu stated that any furtherance of negotiations with the Palestinians will be conditioned on the Palestinians recognizing Israel as a Jewish state.[10] So far the Palestinian leadership has rejected a US-backed proposal extending a settlement freeze in exchange for recognizing Israel as a Jewish state,[10] as this issue had not been sufficiently clarified by Israel at that time.

On June 4, 2009 Obama delivered a speech at the Cairo University in Egypt in which Obama addressed the Muslim world.[11] The speech called for a "new beginning" in relations between the Islamic world and the United States and also called for resumed negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. In addition, during the speech Obama stated among other things that "The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements". "This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. It is time for these settlements to stop."

On June 14, in what was understood as a response Obama's Cairo speech, Netanyahu gave a speech at Bar-Ilan University in which he endorsed, for the first time, a "Demilitarized Palestinian State", after two months of refusing to commit to anything other than a self-ruling autonomy when coming into office.[12] Netanyahu also stated that he would accept a Palestinian state if Jerusalem were to remain the united capital of Israel but open to all religions, the Palestinians would have no military, and the Palestinians would give up their demand for a right of return. He also claimed the right for a "natural growth" in the existing Jewish settlements in the West Bank while their permanent status is up to further negotiation. In general, the address was a complete turnaround from his previously hawkish positions against the peace process.

On 8 July 2010, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab League that the Palestinian Authority would abandon peace talks and attack Israel if the Arab states were to simultaneously invade, saying "if you want war, and if all of you will fight Israel, we are in favor. But the Palestinians will not fight alone because they don't have the ability to do it".[13]

On 23 August 2009, Netanyahu announced in his weekly cabinet meeting that negotiations with the Palestinians will begin in September 2009 and will be officially launched on his visit to New York, after he had accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama for a "Triple Summit" there.[14] He added that there is progress with special envoy George Mitchell, though there is no full agreement on everything,[15] and there will be more rounds of meetings until September.[16] On the same day, a spokesman for PA President Mahmoud Abbas said there would be no negotiations so long as Israel continued West Bank settlement construction.[17]

On 20 September 2009, the White House announced that it will host a three-way meeting between President Obama, Prime Minister Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas, within the framework of the United Nations General Assembly, "in an effort to lay the groundwork for renewed negotiations on Mideast peace."[18][19] The meeting took place on 22 September, in New York. Afterwards, Netanyahu said that he agreed with Abbas during the meeting that peace talks should be relaunched as soon as possible.[20]

2010 Israel-Palestinian peace talks

On 25 November 2009, Israel imposed a 10-month construction freeze on all of its settlements in the West Bank. Israel continued construction on 3,000 pre-approved housing units in the West Bank, and did not extend the freeze to East Jerusalem,[21] which Israel annexed in 1980, and regards as its sovereign territory. Israel's decision was widely seen as due to pressure from the Obama administration, which urged the sides to seize the opportunity to resume talks. In his announcement Netanyahu called the move "a painful step that will encourage the peace process" and urged the Palestinians to respond.[22] The Palestinian Authority rejected the partial freeze as being insignificant due to the limited construction on some pre-approved housing units, failure to extend the freezee to East Jerusalem, and failure to dismantle already-built settlement outposts illegal under Israeli law.[23] The Palestinians refused to enter negotiations, despite Israeli appeals to do so.

On 19 July, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu froze a major construction project in the East Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Ze'ev to try to advance peace talks.[24] A de facto construction freeze was imposed in East Jerusalem, though not officially aknowledged by the Israeli government.[25]

In August 2010 Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton stated that a Palestinian state is possible to achieve within one year.[26]

A renewed effort to negotiate peace was initiated by the Obama administration by getting the parties involved to agree to direct talks for the first time in a long while.[27] U.S. President Barack Obama was successful in obtaining support for direct talks from Egypt and Jordan. The Egyptian and Jordanian governments managed to persuade the Palestinian leadership to accept Israel's settlement freeze and enter direct talks nine months after the start of the freeze.[27][28] The aim of the talks was to forge the framework of a final agreement within one year on a two-state solution, although general expectations of a success were fairly low.[27]

On September 2, U.S.-brokered direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority began in Washington D.C.[29] On September 14 a second round of Middle East peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority concluded in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.[30] Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas stated that during the talks, the Palestinian Authority and Israel agreed on the principle of a land swap, with Israel exchanging small parts of its own territory in exchange for border settlement blocs. The issue of the ratio of land Israel would give to the Palestinians in exchange for keeping border settlement blocs was an issue of dispute, with the Palestinians demanding that the ratio be 1:1, and Israel offering less.[31]

During the direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Hamas and Hezbollah reaffirmed to threat peace talks if both sides were matriculated towards any possible agreement. Thirteen Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas initiated a violent campaign to disrupt peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. A series of attacks killed and wounded eight Israelis, including two Israeli pregnant woman, between August and September 2010.

On September 21, 2010 Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stormed out of a meeting in New York, which was held as part of the d-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meetings, and canceled a scheduled joint press conference with the Israeli President Shimon Peres and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon following Ayalon's demand that the meeting summary refer to the notion of "two states for two peoples", meaning Israel as a Jewish state alongside a Palestinian state, rather than a Palestinian state alongside a bi-national Israel.[32] Ayalon later commented on the event, stating:[33] Ayalon later stated that "What I say is that if the Palestinians are not willing to talk about two states for two peoples, let alone a Jewish state for Israel, then there's nothing to talk about."[34]

President Obama indicated in a speech to the United Nations he held on September 23, 2010 that he is hopeful of a diplomatic peace within one year.[35] Contrary to popular belief Israel was not present at the UN speech because of the Jewish Holiday of Sukkot. Israel was not boycotting the speech.

As the Israeli 10-month freeze on settlement construction was nearing its expiration date on September 26, Mahmoud Abbas stated that he would abandon the negotiations if settlement construction was renewed. He said "Israel has a moratorium for 10 months and it should be extended for three to four months more to give peace a chance."[36] In the view of the Palestinian Authority leadership, Israeli construction of settlements constitutes Israel's imposition of "facts on the ground" in the West Bank, and is a violation of international law.[37] See generally, International law and Israeli settlements

On September 25, a day before the Israeli settlement freeze's expiration, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas stated in the United Nations General Assembly that Israeli settlements were a key issue. Stating that "Israel must choose between peace and the continuation of settlements".[38] The United States has pushed Israel to extend the settlement freeze.[38]

Despite Palestinian and international pressure to extend the Israeli 10 month moratorium in construction of new Israeli settlement homes in the West Bank, on September 26 the ten-month settlement freeze expired at 22.00 (GMT).[39] Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on West Bank settlers to "show restraint" following the end of the freeze.[40] Several Israeli right-wing politicians called for a swift resumption of construction, and backed settlers' plans to resume building as soon as possible.[41]

Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli Foreign Minister and leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, rebuffed claims that the renewal of West Bank settlement construction was a provocative move meant to torpedo the peace talks. Lieberman said the Palestinians failed to accept the gesture of the moratorium for nine months and "now they are pressuring Israel to continue the very freeze they rejected." Lieberman said Israel was ready to enter peace talks with no preconditions.[42] Lieberman have also ruled out that a Palestinian state will be established in the coming of two years.[43]

The rejection to extend the moratorium was harshly criticized worldwide.[44][45][46][47][48][49][50] Abbas stated that Netanyahu cannot be trusted as a 'genuine' peace negotiator if the freeze is not extended.[51][52][53][54][55]

On October 2, 2010 the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that peace negotiations will not continue until Israel imposes a new freeze for the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, thus putting an de facto halt to the current Israel-Palestine peace negotiations.[56]

On October 4, 2010, Netanyahu stated that the Israelis were working behind the scenes with the United States to resolve the issues and resume talks. Israeli sources had said that this would involve a 60 day extension of the freeze.[57][58]

On October 4, 2010, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Israel was working behind the scenes with the United States to resolve the issues and resume talks. Israeli sources had said that this would involve a 60-day settlement freeze.[57][58] Michael Oren said that the United States had offered Israel "incentives" for an extension of the freeze.[59]

Chief Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath accepted a US proposal to extend the West Bank settlement freeze by another two months. Sha'ath said the Palestinians accept such a limited extension provided the two sides can reach an agreement on the borders between Israel and a future Palestine in those two months.[60]

After a meeting in Libya on 8 October 2010, the Arab League leaders announce their support for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's decision to stop peace talks with Israel over the expiration of the 10 month Israeli moratorium on construction in the West Bank.[61] The Arab League also stated that it would give the United States another month to persuade Israel to renew the settlement moratorium[62] and that "The committee will convene again in a month to study the alternatives".[63]

On 11 October 2010, during a speech at the opening of the third session of the 18th Knesset, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a settlement freeze if the Palestinian Authority would declare its recognition of Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people.[64] The Palestinian Authority quickly rejected Netanyahu's proposal and stated that the issue of the Jewishness of the state has nothing to do with the matter.[2][3][2][3] The proposal was immediately rejected by the Palestinian Authority. Palestinian President Abbas said that "We will never sign an agreement recognizing a Jewish state", and Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said that Palestinian President Abbas stressed that he would never sign an agreement recognizing Israel as a Jewish state". Speaking on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, chief negotiator Saeb Erekat stated on October 11 that the PA "forcefully reject all these Israeli games. The racist demands of Netanyahu cannot be tied to the request to cease building in the settlements for the purpose of establishing a state."[65][66] Palestinian negotiators announced that their recognition of the Jewish state would undermine the rights of Israeli-Arabs, and eliminate the right of return for millions of Palestinian refugees to Israel proper, which President Abbas stressed as being a non-negotiable condition for peace. Israel has repeatedly stressed its total rejection of any right of return to Israeli territory, saying that it would make Arabs a majority within Israel.

On October 15, it was reported that Israel had approved new construction in East Jerusalem.[67]

On 13 October 2010 Yasser Abed Rabbo, the secretary general of the PLO, stated in a press statement that the PLO would recognize Israel as a "Jewish state" in exchange for a sovereign Palestinian state within the 1967 borders which would include East Jerusalem stating that "Any formulation the Americans present – even asking us to call Israel the 'Chinese State' – we will agree to it, as long as we receive the 1967 borders. We have recognized Israel in the past, but Israel has not recognized the Palestinian state." [68] Abed Rabbo's statements were immediately disowned by the Palestinian political factions, mainly because his remark were viewed as conceding the right of return for millions of Palestinian refugees to Israel proper. The Fatah movement called for Abed Rabbo's immediate resignation. Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath dismissed Abed Rabbo's statements and claimed that "Abed Rabbo's statements don't represent the views of the PLO or Fatah movement or President Abbas".[69] In addition, the Hamas government in Gaza called for the immediate resignation of Abed Rabbo.[70]

In November 2010, the U.S. government offered a military aid package worth $3 billion, including delivery of 20 F-35 fighter jets to Israel, if the government of Israel agreed to a 90-day freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem. According to the U.S. offer, the U.S. will not ask Israel to extend the 90 day moratorium when it expires. The "inner cabinet" of Israel considered the offer.[71] Former Ambassador Dan Kurtzer, commenting on the deal said: "But now, the administration says it is prepared to pay off Israel to freeze only some of its settlement activity, and only temporarily,", "For the first time in memory, the United States is poised to reward Israel for its bad behavior."[72] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected the U.S. freeze proposal, as it did not include East Jerusalem, while Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat reiterated demands for unconditional recognition of the 1967 borders, and for withdrawal from all of East Jerusalem.[73]

On December 2, a Palestinian official announced that Washington had officially informed the PA that Israel had refused to agree to a new settlement freeze.[53]

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak tried to restart negotiations by imposing a de facto settlement freeze by blocking building plans in the West Bank settlements. Ariel Mayor Ron Nachman threatened to sue Barak.[74]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Egypt and met with President Hosni Mubarak. Netanyahu urged Mubarak to pressure Abbas into direct talks.

Several Latin American countries recognized the State of Palestine and the 1967 borders in late 2010 and early 2011, which was met with fierce opposition from Israel, which claimed that early recognition was a violation of the Road Map.[75]

2010 Palestinian militancy campaign

Main article: 2010 Palestinian militancy campaign

In September, a coalition of 13 Palestinian militant groups, led by Islamist group Hamas, joined forces to derail the negotiations and torpedo the drive for Middle East peace by means of attacks on Israelis. Hamas declared that "we will not allow these negotiations to pass over" and that "all options are open" regarding the nature of the attacks.[1][76][77][78] The participating groups also included Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Resistance Committees and an unnamed splinter group of Fatah.[79] Attacks on Israeli civilians intensified in frequency and severity during this period, and included a number of drive-by shootings on highways as well as rocket and mortar attacks, including white phosphorus shellings, on Israeli towns.

Shooting attacks

  • 31 August drive-by shooting: Palestinian gunmen shot four Israeli settlers to death in their car. Hamas claimed responsibility and declared the shooting to be a "chain in a series of attacks".[80] Islamic Jihad endorsed the killings, asserting that "[the] negotiations can only be stopped by a barrage of bullets."[81] The attack was described by Israeli sources as one of the "worst" terrorist acts in years.[82][83][84]
  • 1 September drive-by shooting: Palestinian gunmen opened fire on two Israelis in their car, seriously wounding one.[85] Hamas claimed responsibility for the shooting, stating that "the attack was a message to those who pledged to the Zionist enemy there would be no more attacks".[86]
  • 26 September drive-by shooting: Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a pregnant woman and her husband in their car, wounding them both in the legs. The gunmen also shot at another car, which evaded injury.[87][88][89][90][91] Fatah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.[92]

Khaled Mashaal, the main leader of Hamas since the assassination of Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi in 2004, has said that the "resistance" will continue if Israel doesn't withdraw to the 1967 borders and that Hamas will resume to "kill illegal settlers on our land."[93]

On 4 September a senior Hamas official stated that Israeli settlers in the West Bank are legitimate targets since "they are an army in every sense of the word".[94][95]

The Irish Times noted that Palestinians had responded to previous rounds of peace talks with Israel by initiating a wave of suicide bombings inside Israel.[1]

On September 3 the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticised the United States led peace process by asking rhetorically: "How can these talks succeed when the mediators are those who created this conflict,"[96]. He criticised the lack of progress of the six decade long conflict and therefore urged Palestinians to keep up their armed struggle against Israel stating that "Palestine's issue cannot be resolved through talks with the enemies of the Palestinian nation. Resisting is the only way to rescue the Palestinians". Ahmadinejad also stated that the talks are destined to fail by saying:

"Who gave them the right to sell a piece of Palestinian land? The people of Palestine and the people of the region will not allow them to sell even an inch of Palestinian soil to the enemy. The negotiations are stillborn and doomed."[97]
In addition, on September 3 Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki stated that the talks would not benefit the Palestinian people's national interest and called for the rest of the world to act more responsible towards the Palestinians.[98][99]

The reactions of the Israeli and Palestinian public to the 2010 direct negotiations

The reactions of the Israeli public

In april 2010 a survey was made inside regarding the peace process. A majority of israelis (77%) opposed a freeze regarding the settlement in the palestinian areas, another majority of israelis (83%) rejected the Obama efforts to pursue a deal between Israel and Palestine. The survey also exposed israelis support for Netanyahu's stance, namely that Israel would control the Jordan walley in any deal with the palestinians, which then rules out any effort to build a soverign palestinian state on the pre 1967 borders as expected by the world consensus. [100]

The reactions of the Islamic Jihad

On 29 October 2010, tens of thousands of Islamic Jihad supporters participated in a demonstration in Gaza City's Kuteiba Square against the negotiations and making peace with Israel. The rally was organized by Islamic Jihad and enjoyed the participation of its rival, Hamas. Demonstrators shouted "Death to America and "Death to Israel". Islamic Jihad chief Ramadan Shallah sent a recorded message saying that "Israel will not bring peace to the region, it will only bring war and destruction and therefore, the slogan of all should be that Israel must be wiped out of existence," and "The choice of negotiation has reached deadlock, and we are wondering why is there such an insistence by the Palestinian Authority on negotiation with the enemy [i.e., Israel]". Another leader, Mohammad al-Hindi, called for an end to the Palestinian Authority, and said, "Jihad is the fate of this nation. There is no other option but this one". Other Islamic Jihad officials said the turnout was a "referendum by the Palestinian people rejecting peace-making with Israel." Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya said, "There is only the choice of Jihad and nothing else".[101][102]

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  58. ^ a b Netanyahu trying to convince top ministers to extend settlement freeze
  59. ^ Oren: U.S. offered Israel incentives for settlement freeze extension
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  76. ^ "Hamas targets Israeli-Palestinian talks by killing four Israelis; Hamas took responsibility for the fatal shooting of four Israeli settlers outside Hebron today, on the eve of Israeli-Palestinian talks in Washington," Joshua Mitnick, August 31, 2010, Christian Science Monitor.
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  82. ^ "[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/world/middleeast/01settlers.html 4 Israeli Settlers Killed in West Bank," New York Times, August 31, 2010.
  83. ^ Abbas condemns Hamas attack; 4 Israelis shot dead
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  92. ^ Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim responsibility for shooting attack, Ynet News 27-09-2010
  93. ^ Mashaal: We'll continue 'to kill illegal settlers'
  94. ^ 4 Israelis killed by Hamas
  95. ^ Hamas official: Israeli settlers are a legitimate military target
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  101. ^ Islamic Jihad leader: Israel must be wiped out of existence, Reuters 29-10-2010
  102. ^ Thousands hold Islamic Jihad rally in Gaza, UPI 29-10-2010

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